Chapters 13 and 14 Summary and Analysis

13: Mother received an urgent telegram from Lajos' parents. She went to the telephone office to receive a call; home telephones were quite rare in this time and region. Mother revealed to Piri that Lajos contacted his parents, told them Manci was sick with whooping cough, and urged Mother to come pick Manci up. Mother made it her mission to get enough funds to go pick up Manci. She begged the family doctor, Dr. Feher, for money, and he gave her money along with medicine for Manci. Mother also had to wait for a couple of Lujza's Zionist Club friends to forge a passport for her.

Mother risked her life in Poland to try to find Manci, but she was too late, and Lilli and Lajos had already been transported away by freight train. Lilli and Lajos had been hiding...